Returning player, feeling confused
 

Hey guys, took a break from here a little while ago due to RL stuffs. Now that it has passed, I'm probably going to roll from scratch, which brings me to my little problem.

I'm having trouble on what to pick. I dont have a favorite class, I'd want to play melee over a caster and it just seems like a very long hurdle due to most of the melees have an exp penalty (which I know goes away in Velious).

Anyways, with Velious in mind, which melee should I pick? Or perhaps if I can be persuaded, caster.

When I started from scratch, I rolled a druid first. I rushed it to level 20 initially, spending plat only on full small leather, a wraithbone hammer (50pp), a small wooden shield, and spells. At the end of level 20 I had close to 2k pp saved, which I then used to outfit a second character with.

I was in the same boat you were in - undecided on what to play as a main, and undecided on what style of play I really liked the best (melee, caster, priest, hybrid, etc).

Leveling the druid wasn't a waste of time at all, at least for me. It's a simple class to level on a crap budget, and in the end it's incredibly useful for utility purposes even if all you have are self ports. I eventually took mine to 34 due to bouts of boredom and during off times when grouping with my main was a problem.

So, that's my advice I guess.

I would not let exp penalties be a primary factor in selecting a class but if it is a big deal you can always go rogue or warrior, they get a bonus.

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My problem is that I'd feel like it would be a waste of my time rolling a druid/necro/wiz just to get it to 30 or 35 andj ust use it as a cash cow. I'd rather be a gimp and pick a class that I know I'll stick with because I like it.
I've read what Estu posted, still doesnt help me much :( if there was such a class that could be tanky and do respectible dps, I'd play it.

Perhaps its not here, though.

Monk might be your best bet. Can sorta be tanky and do good dps.

Monks can tank fairly well and do amazing DPS.

I would agree with the Monk being a good tank type and DPS and on the other side of it I would go with a SK. I know there is presently an xp penalty but once Velious gets released, that will be going away.
They are more tank than a monk without having to worry about weight constraints and get some really nice DPS combined with spells and such.

I definitely agree regarding playing a farming class.

You might want to consider playing monk or warrior if you want to be tanky or dps. Just decide what you would rather do more. You can handle some tanking as a monk, but you will primarily be pulling and dps. As a war you'll obviously be tanking, but the exp bonus or lack of a significant penalty makes it easy for people to invite an extra warrior for some dps if needed.

I think playing a class you don't like just so you can farm money to twink a class you do like is pretty dumb.

Like others have been saying, monks can be adequate tanks sometimes, and are good DPS. Warriors are the most DPS-y of the actual tanks, though their DPS isn't going to compare to monk/rogue DPS (unless they're berserking, which can be hard to maintain in many situations).